OffDET108

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The Office of Deaths, Exploration & Treasure

 Session:  108 - Wednesday 8th May 2002
 Referee:  Tim "The Mechanic" Evans
 Title:    What goes Up / 2
 Author:   Tim Evans
 Previous: OffDET107
 Next:     OffDET109

CD/173 = th of th Month in Year Zero

Characters

    HowardT
        Filthy Ike - Half Orc/M - Barbarian/2 - CN

    DaveF
        Silverbark = Elf/M = Cleric/2 = N

    PeteN
        [Klick the Monk]? = Halfling/M = Monk/2 = LN

    PhilippeK
        [Lady Rhyad de Grances]? = Elf/F = Paladin/2 = LG

Encounters: (E450 each)

    6x Orcs
    3x Gnolls (Chased the party off)
    Lots of Elfs
    1x Albino Elf (Tries to understand)

Trophies:

    1 x Compound Bow
    16 x Carbon Fibre Arrows

Events:

The party start this session still on the station. After a few more futile attempts to open various door, by brute force (Filthy Ike), the party are commanded to leave the station by a feature less man (Golem). This creature is made totally of some flexible metal, he escorts the party back to room they entered in, with the alter. Filthy Ike, is working himself up, to attack the Golem, the Golem follows the party into the elevator, and shuts the door, the elevator then begins it's decent, white the Golem stands near the doors unmoving. Filthy formulates a plan, to attack the Golem as the Elevator stops, but before that happens, the Golem moves to the side of the elevator opposite the doors, so when the elevator get to the bottom, he can usher the party out. Which is what happens.

The party then decide to carry on North, to try and find where the Gnoll's were taking the Captive Elf's a few days ago. After going north some way, they spot, a Gnoll Barricade, they creep up to get a closer view, and see there a 3 Gnoll's standing behind the Barricade blocking the road, they try to find a way to get into the building next to the barricade, but it is 50 Meters tall, and all the doors and windows have been blocked up, they go south around the building to see if they can find another way in. Having gone all the way round the Building, they find another Barricade blocking the same road, with another 3 Gnoll's. They retreat out of site to formulate a plan. Filthy want to charge them, Calmert just wants to shot every thing. They then think about luring them out, and then ambushing them, just no one wants to be the bate. While the party is discussing this Filthy spots what may be Gnoll at the top of the wall with some sort of Club, the party duck behind there shields just in time, as some sort of magic burns into Rhyad's Shield. The party rush to a nearby building, which is taller than the Castle, in the hope that they will be able to get a view in side. Silverbark points out that this may not be a good idea, as the chances are that there will be guards at the top of the building. They rush into the bottom of the building, and find that all the floors have collapsed, so there is no way to get to the top!

The party then circle round in a effort to get a different view of the castle, as they cross the road some way from the barricade, they notice that there are now 6 Gnoll's there.

As they are crossing the road they come under fire from a build close by. the party charge towards the building, and rush into the building, and are confronted by 4 Orcs, who have come down from the archery position, to attach the party. The party win, and find on the bodies 16 Carbon Fibre arrows, and one of the Orcs has a Compound Bow, Ryhad takes the bow.

They manage to get into a building that gives them a slight angle to see pass the barricade, and into castle, what they see seems very strange, the walls of the castle are very thick at the bottom, slopping up to thin at the top. The party decide to circle back round to the original barricade, as this one is now too heavily defended.

On there way back to the original barricade, they encounter a Gnoll Patrol with 3 Gnoll's. The party attack, and subdue the Gnoll's the Paladin then works on making sure the Gnoll's do not die. Filthy does not like this idea, for the one he has attacked, as he thinks it was a fair fight, He won so the Gnoll should pay the price, so while Ryhad, is helping one of the others, Filthy kneels on his Gnoll's neck while searching him (It dies). Ryhad is beside herself with anger other this and believes tha Filthy is turning Evil. The party take the remaining 2 Gnoll's to see the Albino Elf. After some banging on the door to the under ground complex of the Elfs, they are let in, they are taken to see the Albino, with the Gnoll's in to. Silverbark has cast 'Comprehend Languages' on one of the Gnoll's. when the Gnoll see's the Albino Elf, he goes berserk, screams something about Die you Scum, and charges the Elf.

Elf's body guards Kill him. The elf's also want to kill the other Gnoll, but Ryhad wont allow it, as it is his prisoner. A stand off then occurs, there everybody except Silverbark, have retreat back to the entrance way, where the door is shut. and Silverbark has been escorted to a guest room, to rest and get refreshed. Filthy and Calmert attempt to smash there way though the door, or find the mechanism that opens the door, all they manage to do is remove the plaster covering on the door, to reveal a solid metal door underneath. The party decide to sleep in shifts, hoping for the door to be opened, during Calmert's watch, the Gnoll dies, it appears that some of his bandages have been cut, and he has bled to death. Ryhad is yet again angry, so takes a Elf hostage, believing that they had something to do with the death of the Gnoll.

To be continued....

Sheriff Sir Karl Tsukin OGE <sheriff@newgallo.net>, The Office of New Gallo Law Enforcement and Aggressive Defence